Senior Family Services Practitioner - FrankstonSalary - $61 - $64 per hour (depending on experience) + superBenefits:Full time position, with the view to move to permanent ongoingIntensive training opportunitiesContinued career growth and developmentOpportunity to utilise your skills to support vulnerable children and familiesWhy work with Client Organisation:Our client organisation is a child-safe NFP committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. They honour all cultural backgrounds, abilities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities and spiritual beliefs.About the Role:We are recruiting a Senior Aboriginal Family Preservation and Reunification Response (AFPR) practitioner. You will provide intensive support to families, with the goal of preventing at-risk Aboriginal children from entering care. You will also work with children who have recently been placed in out-of-home care to be reunified with their families, starting on a locum contract with the view to move to permanent ongoing.Key Duties:Provide intensive outreach family support service to children or young people and their familiesUndertake accurate record keeping, including case notes, completed forms and reports as requiredCoordinating with various stakeholders, including Child ProtectionOrganising family case conferences (as agreed) to establish joint case plan roles and responsibilitiesProactively engaging families through an intensive therapeutic, evidence-informed approachProvide culturally sensitive service responses with a focus on healingOffering practical, emotional support, advocacy, coaching, skill-building, and access to social and economic resourcesSkills and Experience:Relevant qualifications in Social Work, Diploma of Community Services, Bachelor of Social Work or equivalentMinimum 2 years' experience working in a Family Services OR Child Protection ProgramUnderstanding of child, youth and family theoretical frameworks and interventionsMARAM training and an understanding of family violence is highly desirableThorough understanding of child development and the issues that vulnerable children, young people and families face, including sound knowledge of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005.You will also need to be willing to provide 2x professional references + undergo a Working with Children Check and Police Check.How to apply:Click 'Apply Now' and upload your CV via the appropriate linkFor any queries regarding the position or application process, please email or contact and ask to speak to someone in the Family Services TeamTRADEWIND AUSTRALIA AND THE ORGANISATIONS WE REPRESENT ARE PROUD TO BE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYERSWe welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the organisations we partner with, and the people they support. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability and lived experience to apply.